Air Force One Down

We get it. Empowering women and showing they can do all what men can and more is a trendy concept these last years, apparently educating people about this is more important than making a good story. Some great movies pull that off well, like like I Spit on your Grave, Kill Bill or Revenge. This one however comes off as so ridiculously unrealistic it just becomes annoying.

The heroines inability to lose reminds me of the cartoon Roadrunner, where the coyote keeps failing at getting his prey. At first it is amusing, then it just becomes annoying and finally you just hope he gets his meal, as he is the real underdog you end up rooting for.

With her toothpick arms she can throw huge top trained bodybuilders around with ease. Where is the thrill when she will ALWAYS win no matter the circumstances? The only way she could lose is if she fights a minority person or another woman, which makes everything it so predictable it almost hurts. And the plot holes are so dense there is basically no plot just holes.

If you get a kick out of seeing skinny women predictably beat up large muscular men without any effort over and over, this might be for you. If you want a good movie that makes you root for the beat down hero who is clawing through pain and challenges against all odds and make you keep guessing what will happen next on the edge of your seat, then dont waste your time here. You have seen this movie too many times already.

The premis is not new, the actors are not either,but they may as well be if they decided this film was a good career move. I must admit i knew none of the actors, but then i do not watch channels like Hallmark as its content does not appeal, but what i have seen of the Hallmark channel is enough to think that this film had to scrape bottom of barrel and borrow a producer from them to make this drivel as no one else wanted to. If bored and want to watch a rehash of a potential good ripoff of a film done better elsewhere then tbh it is not That bad (hence slightly above 5 stars given), but it is bad all the same. Dialogue is corny, premis has potential but script is boring, and the little or unknown to me actors altho do an ok job considering what they have to work with overall are not A list,and in some cases not even D listers,and their acting innability keeps shining thru more often than i would like-watch if very bored, but do not expecxt much and you will not be too dissapointed.

The acting was terrible. The writing was terrible. There was not even an attempt to get right such details as military customs and courtesies. Anyone who worked on this as a military or technical advisor should be fired and never work on a movie or TV show again. I had to fast forward through large parts of the film to not fall asleep. Relative to any of the "White House Down"/"...Fallen" movies, this makes those look like the Godfather Part 2. How the hell did this get greenlit? Are you telling me there was no more deserving script available? This was like weak fan fic written by someone who hasn't even bothered to watch West Wing, much less understand the technologies and security mechanisms necessary to electronically control AF1. And a rag tag bunch of thugs from (insert Eastern European country here) a fake country with terrible accents can just smuggle guns on AF1 and overwhelm the home team which knows every inch of the craft in a matter of seconds? Do not waste your time. Seriously. Just awful. The amount of belief that had to be suspended in order for this script to be plausible was so large that you're more likely to win 5 Powerball jackpots in a row than for this garbage to happen. Booooo.

How on earth did this get to be released?

This movie is complete snd utter garbage.

It makes the Secret Service out to be a bunch of pathetic morons. It makes the heroine look utterly stupid. Who goes into an armoury full of the most spectacular weaponry and comes out with just a pistol?

I think the 12 year olds who wrote and directed this movie should go to college before they think of writing and directing again. They did a P poor job on this one.

I honestly can't believe that someone sat in an office and actually thought it would be a good idea to release this trash. It rather makes me think there may have been a little nepotism going on or something similar.

A thrilling film with non-stop action, emotion, violence, spectacular fights, shootouts and breathtaking set pieces. A newcomer agent, Allison (Katherine McNamara), aboard the hijacked Air Force, in her new job she is patronized by her uncle, Secret Service chief Sam Waitman (Anthony Michael Hall) . On her first assignment aboard Air Force One, the rookie Secret Service agent faces the ultimate test when terrorists hijack the plane, intent on derailing a pivotal energy deal signed by President Edwards (Ian Bohen). One battle with nasty terrorists led by criminal mastermind Rodinov (Rade Serbedzija) threatening the energy deal. With the President's life on the line and a global crisis at stake, her bravery and skills are pushed to the limit in a relentless battle that could change the course of history. So Allison's forced to kick some terrorists to save the day. As the Air Force One becomes a real battlefield, so our starring is forced to rely upon her battle-hardened past and lethal skills after realizing there's no one left to save the day but her. The fate of a nation rests on the courage of one woman !. The most important man, the surest airplane, the most dangerous Hijackers...!.

Nail-biting intrigue and impressive action sequences cap off tour-of-force aerial adventure. It clearly pays tribute to the presidential staff and the secret agents who protect US Presidents. Highlight of the movie is the efficiently rather than excitingly shot scenes on the plane. The real protagonist is Katherine McNamara who's pretty well as the resourceful agent who finds herself in a deadly battle for survival when the terrorists take control of the plane and taken hostages. As the busty and beautiful Katherine McNamara gives an enjoyable acting as the security agent wfo goes into action when hostages by a terrorist group, becoming an one-woman army fighting desperately to stay alive and save the kidnapped president. Katherine is an accomplished actress, dancer, singer/songwriter. She is most recently known as the titular lead role of "Abby Walker" in Walker: Independence (2022), the prequel to CW's Walker (2021). The film attempts to mix the plot of past films: the successful ¨Wofgang Petersen's Air Force One¨ with Harrison Ford battling terrorists and the terrible ¨Assassination¨ with Charles Bronson protecting the First Lady , but the result is a resounding failure. Typical thriller including noisy action , nail-biting as well as fast-paced confrontation and somewhat of dry humor. The early suspense stuff inside the plane is competently made. Concerning a cat-and-mouse game betwen a terrorist criminal mind and our allegedly invincible starring, despite a twisted and suspensefully edited final, the movie results to be a tad disconcerting.

The motion picture was mediocrely directed by James Bamford who builds tension in confined places and puts his cast to functional use. He is a director and producer, known for Jade, Man with No Past, Hard Home, Utopia,Shadow Land. Expert in various forms of martial arts and skilled with the staff as he proved in stunts works in Elysium (2013), Watchmen (2009) and The Butterfly Effect (2004). James Bamford directed many episodes of TV such NCIS: Hawai'i, Supergirl, Superman & Lois, Batwoman, Arrow and DC's Arrowverse in which both Katherine McNamara and Ian Bohen are part of the Arrowverse. He made guest appearances on all three of the longest running North American science fiction series: The X-Files (1993), Stargate SG-1 (1997) and Smallville (2001). Air Force One rating: 4.5/10.